The majority of the patents I've looked at read to me as outlines of research projects rather than detailed descriptions of how to make something. (I am a person of ordinary skill in the art; I have a ...

In regards to Patent USD637920,
I'd like to make a digital watch with it's case similar to this one. How much different does my design need to be in order for it to be legal? Mine would be completly ...

This is basically "put a webserver on it and call it an invention"
This sort of thing has been done on home routers and numerous other types of industrial equipment for many years.
How would one go ...

I am looking for a clarification ideally for both USPTO and EPO procedures.
I thought that:
applicant could (must for US) bring new prior art anytime during prosecution until grant (through IDS for ...

I have read many patent prosecution histories (on PAIR), but have never seen one that references an open-source codebase as grounds for a rejection. Instead, examiners have a tendency to rely heavily ...